Is the Xbox One illegal in Europe?

[ArnoldRimmer]

Damagon said:
I doubt they can do anything about it considering it's a license not and actual product. In order to resell something, first you must own it. You never own a license.

You can however, sell the physical disc, that will compleley lawful and Microsoft can't and won't stop you. Don't know what good that do though, since it's nothing but a piece of plastic without the license.

I don't think that's 100% correct. Microsoft was for example forced to accept reselling used Windows licenses in Europe - not the physical media, but the license.

But still, it's bullshit that the Xbox One is illegal in Europe. This is exactly what's gonna happen:

scottie said:
MS will simply introduce it in Europe, then they may end up in court. Either MS will win, or they will lose.

If they win, then nothing happens. If they lose, they make an apology, pay some trivial amount of money, and quickly introduce a patch for European X1s that puts kinect into standby, turning off video tracking, and only monitoring audio for the words 'xbox, turn kinect on' or some such.